Showing posts with label middle-eastern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label middle-eastern. Show all posts

Thursday, 3 July 2008

Guy

Style:
Mediterranean

More: one of Berlin's fancy chef-restaurant, expensive

Reviews
:
From Location Site: " An exclusive address overlooking the Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin's most beautiful place and a highly praised Mediterranean cuisine make the restaurant Guy a top choice for a nightly dinner in central Berlin. On four floors, the delicious dishes are served in an elegant, timelessly noble ambience. One of the highlights at Guy restaurant is the extremely popular business lunch that provides the opportunity to sample some of the superb menu selections at an attractive price, with quick service and a wine list of approximately 150 wines to complement your menu selection. In summer, there is a beautiful Mediterranean inner yard for outside dining and a small champagne and espresso bar for aperitifs or digestifs. The Guy restaurant offers space for up to 150 people, a reservation is recommended, however, as the Guy is very popular currently and often full to the last seat. The Guy restaurant is an exclusive dining location and recommendation for all gourmets."

The Basics: Jägerstraße 59, 10117 Berlin-Mitte (Stadtmitte or Franzoesische Strasse)

URL: Guy

+49 30 20 94 26 00

Accessible?


Child-Friendliness?

Related Tours/Sites:

Gendarmenmarkt

Could be integrated with Berlin's Top Sites tour and with customised Berlin tours

Nearby Hotels/Accommodation:

5 *****
Sofitel Berlin Gendarmenmarkt
The Regent Berlin
Hilton Berlin

4 ****
Clipper City Home
Hotel The Mandala Suites

3 ***
Hotel Kubrat

2 **


1*
City Hostel Berlin

Hostels:
City Hostel Berlin

Tuesday, 25 March 2008

Safran

The Basics:
Oranienstr. 172, 10999 Berlin (M29, U8-Moritzplatz)

+49-(0)30- 61 56 211

URL: safran-restaurant.de

Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?


Style:
Persian Cuisine

Related Tours/Sites:
Kreuzberg 36
Could be integrated with a guided tour in the Jewish Museum, a Kreuzberg tour or with customised Berlin tours

More:


Reviews:
"Katchita" writes in her blog " I should comment on the best (and as far as I know, the only) Persian restaurant here. It's Safran in Kreuzberg and I can only judge its authenticity in comparison with the wonderful Persian places that have sprung up in California -- Berkeley's University Ave., LA's Westwood, and San Diego's Horton Plaza spring to mind. If you're short on cash, they have a Mittagessen discount menu, 12:00 - 17:00"

[Our tiny comments: Safran is certainly not the only Persian in town, there are a couple on Potsdamer Strasse (on the wrong side of the Bülostrasse station tracks); and we felt that the service at Safran was not particularly cordial or inviting for a second meal, but it might have been a bad evening. Medium level prices, a bit pricey for the X-Berg 36 region it is in]

Saturday, 1 March 2008

Babel

The Basics:
Two branches:

Gabriel-Max-Str. 16, 10245 Berlin
+49 (0)30-293 687 84

Kastanienallee 33, 10435 Berlin
+49 (0)30-440 31 31 8

URL: babel-berlin.com


Accessible?

Child-Friendliness?

Style:
Lebanese/Arab

Related Tours/Sites:
Prenzlauer Berg (branch II); Friedrichshain (branch I)
Branch I (Friedrichshain) could be integrated with the Communist Berlin Tour; Branch II (Prenzlauer Berg) with the Jews and Booze tour and both with customised Berlin tours

More:
Lebanese imbiss (fast food): Felafel, Schwarma, etc.


Reviews:
Matt Robinson writes in DirtCheapBerlin: "[...] Opened in 1999, Babel has been serving its legendary bites to the local community with gusto, and was recently voted one of local Berlin guide TIP's best places to eat, and also featured in American guidebook Let's Go. [...]"